The eggshell that can work all around the house. Instead of throwing away eggshells, you can do more with them. You will find a few useful household uses for eggshells here.
1. Chicken Feed
It seems a bit weird to feed your chickens eggs in general, but eggshells?
We may surprise you by telling you eggshells are a superfood for your chickens. They are a great, natural, and inexpensive calcium supplement that your chickens need in order to lay healthy eggs.
2. Toss Them in Your Coffee
You can actually boil eggshells and place them in your coffee. Then you allow them to steep to kill some of the bitter flavors.
3. Kick the Pests Out
Do you have unwanted pests in your garden? If so, then eggshells should become your new best bud. You’ll need to keep an eye out where those pests visit the most.
Then sprinkle some broken eggshells in those places. Slugs and other soft-shelled pests don’t like to crawl over sharp shells. So they’ll leave your garden.
4. Add Calcium to Your Garden
The same way eggshells add calcium to your hens, they’ll do the same for your garden. This is a great thing if you grow tomatoes or peppers. Have you ever heard of blossom end rot?
Well, then you know that a dose of calcium can heal your plants from this. So sprinkle some eggshells around plants that are struggling with calcium deficiency, and you’ll hopefully see a difference.
5. Eat Them
You know that you can eat the egg, but did you know that you can eat the eggshell too? Yes, you can! You create an eggshell powder by baking the eggshells and then grinding them into a fine powder.
Once this is done, you can toss the powder into any beverage to give yourself a great calcium boost.
6. Plant with Them
Useful uses for eggshells include planting with them. Don’t waste your money on expensive cups to plant your seedlings in. Instead, hollow out some eggshells.
Then you start your seedlings in the eggshell and directly plant the seedling into the ground with the eggshell. The eggshell will compost and give a calcium boost to the soil around it.
7. Compost
When in doubt about what to do with a biodegradable item you can always toss it into the trusty compost pile.
The next time you have eggs do just that. They’ll break down and create a fine compost for your plants to grow in.
8. Add to Potting Soil
Do you find yourself buying the cheap potting soil because you are on a budget, or you plant so much that it just gets flat-out expensive?
Well, spice up that cheap potting soil a little bit by adding your eggshells to it. It will up the quality of it and hopefully produce better plants.
9. Sidewalk Toy
Well, you can do this with your children now for basically no money. Follow this recipe to create sidewalk chalk from your eggshells.
10. Add It to Your Apple Cider Vinegar
When you make apple cider vinegar your own, why not add your eggshells to it to make it even better for you? The eggshells will give you an added calcium boost.
11. Pot Scrubbers
Did you know that you no longer have to buy those abrasive pot scrubbers if you have unused eggshells?
Well, you don’t. Instead, you just throw those eggshells in the pot with some soap and warm water. The eggshells will break up and become abrasive to remove dirt.
12. Toss It in Your Stock
If you love broth, then you’ll definitely want to consider adding your eggshells to it to up the healthy qualities by adding some calcium.
13. Whiter Whites
Do you struggle with your white clothes becoming dingy? If so, then you’ll be glad to know that you can use eggshells to help with that problem as well.
You’ll need to place your eggshells in a lingerie bag with some lemon slices. Then put them in a wash cycle with whites.
14. Use the Membrane
When you crack an egg open you often see the membrane still attached to the shell. The next time you have a cut or open wound, then reach for the eggshells.
That way you can place a piece of the shell on the cut with the membrane on the cut itself. This will give off nutrients to enhance healing for cuts and splinters.
15. Knife Sharpener
Don’t waste your time or money buying a knife sharpener. Instead, put your unused eggshells to use. You’ll need to put them in the freezer so they get hard.
Then when they are frozen solid, you can run your knives across them to create a sharper edge. Just make sure that they are frozen very hard.
16. Stops a Toothache
One of the many useful uses for eggshells is using it to stop a toothache. You can place a clove on a sore tooth or gum and it helps to stop the pain until you can seek out dental treatment.
Well, eggshells and comfrey root apparently have the same effect. You need to mix equal parts of each and apply them to sore spots on the tooth or gum.
17. Treats Skin Irritations
Eggshells have a lot of vital nutrients in them that are actually really good for us. With this in mind, it shouldn’t be that surprising that they can help with minor skin irritations.
So the next time your skin is bothering you, pull out that apple coder vinegar that has had your eggshells put in it. Then use it to dab on your skin to soothe it.
18. Hummingbird Feeder Cleaner
Hummingbird feeders can often get pretty yucky considering you are constantly shoving sugar water into them.
Well, don’t let them stay grimy. Instead, use eggshells the same way you do to clean your pots and pans. Break them up, use warm soap and water, and allow the eggshells to be abrasive.
19. Garden Fertilizer
You can consider using your eggshells as an all-over fertilizer for your garden. It is organic and added calcium and nutrients are never a bad thing in my book.
20. Kick the Cats Out
If you live in an area that has a lot of stray cats, you could have an issue of cats using your garden as a litter box.
However, this is really quite dangerous because their waste is not good for the soil or for us to ingest. Place eggshells where they usually use the bathroom. The discomfort of walking on eggshells will usually persuade them to go elsewhere.
21. Help Catch Food in Your Sink
Useful uses for eggshells also include letting them catch food in your sink. When you wash dishes, do you put the plug/strainer in your sink to stop water from going down the drain along with food?
If so, then you’ll definitely want to consider placing broken pieces of eggshells in the strainer. It actually catches more food that way.
22. Give Them to the Dog
If you have a pooch for a pet, then you probably want to do all you can to get your furry friend as healthy as possible.
Then you should consider cooking your unused eggshells at 250°F for 30 minutes. Next, you’ll crush the shells and grind them into a powder. Then store them in an airtight container. When you want to give your dog a calcium boost, sprinkle a little over his food.
23. Pain Reliever
Do you ever get achy muscles or joints? If so, then you are probably used to popping an over-the-counter pill to stop the pain, or applying warmth to the sore area.
Well, next time, try letting some eggshells sit in apple cider vinegar until they dissolve. This usually takes about 2 days. Then use that mixture to rub on your achy muscles and joints to relieve the pain.
24. Tea Light Holders
This is such a fun and creative idea to decorate your home for any occasion on a budget. You just save your eggshells.
Then you can paint them and place little tea lights inside of them so they can make a creative and beautiful centerpiece. Here is the full tutorial.
25. Make Them Into a Herb Garden
You can easily grow herbs indoors. You save your eggshells and then plant your herbs right inside of them. You then can grow fresh herbs on your counter right in an egg carton.
